brookcove
Posted : 8/15/2008 7:19:09 PM
She looks all Border Collie to me. There could be Aussie but there's no particular reason to think so. She looks a lot like one of Ted's littermates - actually she looks just like his dad, except his ears are up completely - but she looks not quite full grown yet. Her ears could go up more! Check out the purebred BC here: http://www.bordercollie.org/boards/index.php?showtopic=20580&hl=
Here's a historic dog with a ton of tri:
A purebred rescue (with papers) with a good bit of tri:

Here is a link to a page illustrating the really deep tan pattern, which is often called "saddle back"
(A friend of mine owned Hemp, one of the dogs on this page - another friend owns a son of his, who is almost solid black colored! http://www.gis.net/~shepdog/BC_Museum/Permanent/BC_ColorSaddle.html
And lots more tricolors on this page:
http://www.gis.net/~shepdog/BC_Museum/Permanent/BC_ColorTri.html